India's twelfth five year plan seeks to increase the role of the state sector in the healthcare economy while recognising the critical complementarity of the private sector in meeting the national health agenda.

The Union Budget 2013-14 must reflect the importance of private diagnostics sector as a significant pillar of India's healthcare delivery.

The Budget should recognise the costs incurred by the private sector in maintaining high quality of services and in seeking and maintaining both national and international accreditation.

Tax exemptions and concessions for NABL accredited labs will motivate the vast majority of non-accredited labs to improve their quality standards and seek accreditation.

The health check concessions announced in the last budget have not taken off and it would help if Finance Minister were to recognize the role of NABL and NABH accredited labs and hospitals in delivering these services.

To enable private sector diagnostic companies to offer cheaper prices to patients, it is important to offer import duty rebate on reagents and consumables that are essential for providing quality services.

As far as expectations are concerned, I hope the Budget this year brings in policies and taxation schemes which benefits the e-commerce sector and SMEs.

Online shopping is truly catching on in India.

According to Assocham, estimated revenue from this sector is expected to be about $15 billion by 2015.

There are over 100 million Internet users in India and this number is expected to cross 350 million by 2015, which will make India the second-largest Internet country in the world after China.

A recent report by Google India indicates that online shopping in India registered an impressive growth of 128 per cent in 2012 as compared to 40 percent growth in 2011.

eCommerce revenues in India is expected to increase by more than five times by 2016, jumping from $1.6 billion in 2012 to $8.8 billion in 2016.

Implementation of the comprehensive GST will indeed prove to be an important tax reform for us.

After the implementation of GST, we will be able to pass on the benefits in terms of savings on products to customers and that will promote growth in this sector.

Logistics is an integral part of any business, and e-commerce is no exception.

For a lack of efficient and cheap logistics, the government should invest in infrastructure and enable easy, efficient, reliable connectivity within India.

Better logistics is required for e-commerce businesses/ SMEs to flourish in Indian rural heartlands.

The growth for these two entities (e-commerce & logistics) must be simultaneous.

A boost to retail e-commerce will give a boost to the SMEs.

The biggest problem for the SME to sell all India is the inter-state transaction documentation that restricts ecommerce transactions for SME.

Also simplified tax structure will breathe a fresh lease of life into the small and medium-scale sector.

Last but not the least, one of the major drivers for this growth will also be the strengthening of the Indian economy, leading to a higher disposable income in the hands of people who will then be more open to shopping on the Internet.

The other important factor will be stricter regulations on online transactions by the government, reducing frauds and resulting in trust building for the medium.